Make Way for Noddy

British-American CGI animated series

Make Way for Noddy is the American-British CGI children's musical computer-animated television series. The show aired on PBS and PBS Kids in the United States for the first and the second seasons in 2001 and later on Channel 5 and Milkshake! in the United Kingdom for Seasons 1 and 2 respectively in 2002.

Make Way for Noddy
GenreComedy
Musical
Created byMallory Lewis
Based onClassic Noddy works and characters of Enid Blyton
Directed byByron Vaughns
Presented byNaomi Wilkinson (US TV airings)
Voices ofDavid A. Kaye
Britt McKillip
Michael Dobson
Tabitha St. Germain
Richard Newman
Don Brown
Doug Parker
Matt Hill
Theme music composerSteven Bernstein
Julie Bernstein
Opening theme"Make Way for Noddy" performed by the Kidsongs Kids
Composer(s)Score:
Steven Bernstein
Julie Bernstein
Original Songs:
Steven Bernstein
Julie Bernstein
Lorraine Feather
Larry Grossman
Music Direction:
Sharon Sampson
Terry Sampson
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
Original language(s)American English
British English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes100 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)Jonathan Dern
Paul Sabella
Carol Monroe
Mallory Lewis
Brad Hood
Producer(s)Robert Winthrop
Byron Vaughns
Editor(s)Jymn Magon
Running time11 minutes (Five); 30 minutes (PBS Kids)
Production company(s)Chorion
SD Entertainment
Wang Film Productions (animation)
DistributorNBCUniversal Television (through DreamWorks Classics)
Release
Original networkChannel 5/Five (United Kingdom)
PBS Kids (United States)
Original release1 January (2001-01-01) –
31 December 2001 (2001-12-31)
Chronology
Related showsNoddy's Toyland Adventures (1992-1999)
Noddy in Toyland (2009)
Noddy, Toyland Detective (2016-2017)

Broadcast/Development/History/Notes/TriviaEdit

  • The original US version by BLT Productions and Koko Studios of the US show on PBS and PBS Kids for the first and the second seasons in 2001. The Children's Chorus, the narrator and some of the characters are speaking American with an American accents. The word is pronounce by the American pronunciation.
  • The UK dub of the US show in the same year on Channel 5 and Millshake! in 2002 instead of the original US version on PBS and PBS Kids in 2001.
  • When it comes to this particular dub, while a lot of the original US voices remained intact and some of the characters were re-dubbed to have a British with an British accents in the UK dub.
  • Richard Newman and Teryl Rothery reprises her roles as Mr. Plod and Miss Pink Cat from the first 2 seasons of the original.